BACKGROUND: There is an increasing demand for surgery of degenerative spinal disease.
Limited healthcare resources draw attention to the need for cost-effective treatments …

Background: Outpatient surgery is becoming more common and is more cost-effective than
inpatient surgery. Nonetheless, many surgeons and health care administrators are still …

Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most prevalent
spine surgeries and neurosurgical procedures performed to treat a variety of disorders in the …

OBJECTIVE Spine surgery represents an ideal target for healthcare cost reduction efforts,
with outpatient surgery resulting in significant cost savings. With an increased focus on value …

Background Spinal surgery is increasingly being done in the outpatient setting. We reviewed
our experience with inpatient and outpatient single-level anterior cervical discectomy and …

Objective To determine the complications and safety of anterior cervical discectomy and
fusion performed on an outpatient basis. Summary of Background Data Anterior cervical …

BACKGROUND Outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a promising
candidate for US healthcare cost reduction as several studies have demonstrated that …

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures are one of the most common procedures
performed in spinal surgery. Increasingly they are being performed on an outpatient basis …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. The aim of the present study was
to examine how often spine surgery is being performed in an outpatient hospital setting …

Safety of Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion... : Neurosurgery Safety of
Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis …